www.washingtontimes.com Topics: Jim Morahttp://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/jim-mora/?utm_medium=RSSwww.washingtontimes.com Topics: Jim Moraen-usSat, 25 Nov 2017 11:42:40 -0500Chip Kelly returns to college coaching with UCLAhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/25/chip-kelly-returns-to-college-coaching-with-ucla/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) - Chip Kelly is headed to UCLA with plans to create another Pac-12 powerhouse.</p> <p>The coach who helped changed college football with his groundbreaking offense at Oregon agreed to a five-year, $23.3 million deal on Saturday to return to the sideline with the Bruins.</p> <p>Kelly, who turned ...GREG BEACHAMSat, 25 Nov 2017 11:42:40 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/25/chip-kelly-returns-to-college-coaching-with-ucla/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSUCLA coach Jedd Fisch has his "hardest challenge" after Morahttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/21/ucla-coach-jedd-fisch-has-his-hardest-challenge-af/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jedd Fisch moved his family to the West Coast last winter with plans to build a powerhouse alongside UCLA coach Jim Mora.</p> <p>Instead, Fisch is spending the next few weeks trying to make sure Mora's last Bruins team ends its season with some measure of pride.</p> ...GREG BEACHAMTue, 21 Nov 2017 19:17:43 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/21/ucla-coach-jedd-fisch-has-his-hardest-challenge-af/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSUCLA fires football coach Jim Mora late in 6th seasonhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/19/ucla-fires-coach-jim-mora-after-4th-straight-loss-/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>LOS ANGELES &mdash; UCLA fired football coach Jim Mora on Sunday with one regular-season game left in his sixth season.</p> <p>Athletic director Dan Guerrero announced the shocking move one day after rival Southern California's 28-23 victory over UCLA (5-6, 3-5 Pac-12). Offensive coordinator Jedd Fisch will coach the Bruins in ...Greg BeachamSun, 19 Nov 2017 14:33:19 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/19/ucla-fires-coach-jim-mora-after-4th-straight-loss-/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSUCLA, ASU finding defensive stops hard to come byhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/10/ucla-asu-finding-defensive-stops-hard-to-come-by/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jim Mora turned around UCLA's defense to win the Pac-12 South in his first season as head coach in 2012. Todd Graham did the same in his second season at Arizona State in 2013.</p> <p>However, defensive stops have been hard to come by this season for ...DAN GREENSPANFri, 10 Nov 2017 12:09:22 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/10/ucla-asu-finding-defensive-stops-hard-to-come-by/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSOlorunfunmi's TD run vaults UCLA past Oregon 31-14http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/21/olorunfunmis-td-run-vaults-ucla-past-oregon-31-14/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) - Bolu Olorunfunmi was looking at the video clip on his phone, still trying to process the play that made the UCLA running back a star on social media.</p> <p>"I didn't think it would be that big, to be honest with you. I was just trying to ...DAN GREENSPANSat, 21 Oct 2017 19:29:22 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/21/olorunfunmis-td-run-vaults-ucla-past-oregon-31-14/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSFor the Pac-12, parity is both a good and a bad thinghttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/17/for-the-pac-12-parity-is-both-a-good-and-a-bad-thi/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Big upsets in the Pac-12 Conference point to more parity across the league than perhaps ever before.</p> <p>That's good for the conference, right? Certainly it's good for fans.</p> <p>But for now only this is certain: This season the Pac-12 will have no undefeated teams. And that could mean a tougher ...ANNE M. PETERSONTue, 17 Oct 2017 18:47:40 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/17/for-the-pac-12-parity-is-both-a-good-and-a-bad-thi/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSPenalty prevention a priority for UCLA during bye weekhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/3/penalty-prevention-a-priority-for-ucla-during-bye-/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) - Penalties have always been a problem for UCLA during Jim Mora's tenure.</p> <p>The Bruins finished last season 86th among FBS teams in penalties per game and 91st in penalty yards per game, the best results so far for a program that has routinely been in the ...DAN GREENSPANTue, 03 Oct 2017 18:32:44 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/3/penalty-prevention-a-priority-for-ucla-during-bye-/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSRosen, UCLA hold off Colorado for 27-23 winhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/1/rosen-ucla-hold-off-colorado-for-27-23-win/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - UCLA dressed in all-white uniforms for its game against Colorado, but a white flag to waive was never part of the ensemble.</p> <p>Josh Rosen threw for 372 yards and one touchdown, Soso Jamabo and Jalen Starks each ran for a touchdown, and UCLA broke a two-game ...DAN GREENSPANSun, 01 Oct 2017 02:19:04 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/1/rosen-ucla-hold-off-colorado-for-27-23-win/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSMora, Rosen eager to lead UCLA back from miserable seasonhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/10/mora-rosen-eager-to-lead-ucla-back-from-miserable-/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) - Several months later, UCLA's collapse last season is no easier to understand.</p> <p>A talent-laden program that had become a perennial winner under coach Jim Mora crumpled into a 4-8 also-ran with an ill-conceived offense that was painful to watch. Even a solid defense couldn't prevent the ...GREG BEACHAMThu, 10 Aug 2017 18:20:47 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/10/mora-rosen-eager-to-lead-ucla-back-from-miserable-/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSUCLA grabs Michigan's Jedd Fisch as offensive coordinatorhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/5/ucla-grabs-michigans-jedd-fisch-as-offensive-coord/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) - UCLA hired Michigan assistant Jedd Fisch as its new offensive coordinator on Thursday, selecting an experienced offensive mind to revitalize the Bruins' struggling group.</p> <p>UCLA coach Jim Mora emerged from a six-week search for Kennedy Polamalu's replacement with Fisch, who spent the past two seasons as ...GREG BEACHAMThu, 05 Jan 2017 13:01:56 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/5/ucla-grabs-michigans-jedd-fisch-as-offensive-coord/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSUCLA DE McKinley shows pro potential in Bruins' down seasonhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/nov/1/ucla-de-mckinley-shows-pro-potential-in-bruins-dow/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) - UCLA has produced a defensive lineman or linebacker selected in the first two rounds of the NFL draft in all four seasons under coach Jim Mora, the first time in school history that has happened.</p> <p>Takkarist McKinley could extend that streak next spring, as Mora sees ...DAN GREENSPANTue, 01 Nov 2016 16:55:22 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/nov/1/ucla-de-mckinley-shows-pro-potential-in-bruins-dow/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSUCLA's Rosen dealing with nerve issue in throwing shoulderhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/oct/24/uclas-rosen-dealing-with-nerve-issue-in-throwing-s/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) - UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen is dealing with a nerve issue in his throwing shoulder, which has kept the sophomore out of the team's last two games.</p> <p>Bruins coach Jim Mora offered details on Rosen's injury for the first time Monday, having previously referred to it only ...DAN GREENSPANMon, 24 Oct 2016 18:32:43 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/oct/24/uclas-rosen-dealing-with-nerve-issue-in-throwing-s/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSNo. 19 Utah aims to exacerbate UCLA's erratic seasonhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/oct/21/no-19-utah-aims-to-exacerbate-uclas-erratic-season/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Joe Williams essentially came out of the stands to rush for 179 yards last week for No. 19 Utah.</p> <p>UCLA coach Jim Mora might be looking around the Rose Bowl on Saturday to see if there's anybody sitting there who could help him beat the Utes.</p> ...GREG BEACHAMFri, 21 Oct 2016 18:04:20 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/oct/21/no-19-utah-aims-to-exacerbate-uclas-erratic-season/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSSolid UCLA defense overshadowed by offensive issueshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/oct/19/solid-ucla-defense-overshadowed-by-offensive-issue/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) - All the attention on quarterback Josh Rosen's health and UCLA's struggles to run have overshadowed what the Bruins have accomplished on defense.</p> <p>Coach Jim Mora expects that to change this week against No. 19 Utah.</p> <p>"It's going to be a heck of a defensive battle I ...Wed, 19 Oct 2016 18:25:57 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/oct/19/solid-ucla-defense-overshadowed-by-offensive-issue/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSUCLA's promising year has been undone by inept running gamehttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/oct/18/uclas-promising-year-has-been-undone-by-inept-runn/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) - Coach Jim Mora began his fifth season at UCLA with plans to contend for the Pac-12 and national titles behind a run-based offense built to grind out hundreds of yards on the ground.</p> <p>Seven games in, Mora would settle for even three yards and a cloud ...GREG BEACHAMTue, 18 Oct 2016 19:57:36 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/oct/18/uclas-promising-year-has-been-undone-by-inept-runn/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSUCLA coach Mora hopeful QB Rosen can play at Washington Sthttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/oct/10/ucla-coach-mora-hopeful-qb-rosen-can-play-at-washi/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) - UCLA coach Jim Mora is "hopeful" quarterback Josh Rosen will be able to play at Washington State on Saturday.</p> <p>Regardless of Rosen's status, there are fundamental issues for the Bruins offense to address.</p> <p>Rosen was twice knocked out of the 23-20 loss at Arizona State. A ...DAN GREENSPANMon, 10 Oct 2016 19:18:13 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/oct/10/ucla-coach-mora-hopeful-qb-rosen-can-play-at-washi/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSUCLA keeping quiet about RT Miller's injury heading to ASUhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/oct/5/ucla-keeping-quiet-about-rt-millers-injury-heading/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jim Mora had to release an injury report when he was a head coach in the NFL. He is under no such obligation at UCLA, and that won't change this week with the status of right tackle Kolton Miller uncertain.</p> <p>Miller injured his left leg in ...DAN GREENSPANWed, 05 Oct 2016 20:46:27 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/oct/5/ucla-keeping-quiet-about-rt-millers-injury-heading/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSUCLA sets focus on Arizona's Dawkins for key Pac-12 matchuphttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/sep/30/ucla-sets-focus-on-arizonas-dawkins-for-key-pac-12/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - UCLA coach Jim Mora said he has been pleased by his defense's ability to contain "the guy that can hurt you most" this season.</p> <p>He also recognizes that Arizona quarterback Brandon Dawkins will present a different kind of challenge Saturday.</p> <p>Dawkins is averaging 130.3 yards rushing ...DAN GREENSPANFri, 30 Sep 2016 12:11:08 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/sep/30/ucla-sets-focus-on-arizonas-dawkins-for-key-pac-12/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSUCLA to trim its tailback rotation after rushing woeshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/sep/26/ucla-to-trim-its-tailback-rotation-after-rushing-w/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) - UCLA coach Jim Mora has a rule that the team moves on from its last game after 24 hours, win or lose.</p> <p>Mora said the Bruins' last-minute loss to No. 7 Stanford was harder to move past, and it could have significant fallout regarding who plays ...DAN GREENSPANMon, 26 Sep 2016 19:34:30 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/sep/26/ucla-to-trim-its-tailback-rotation-after-rushing-w/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSUCLA holds off Kansas State in Alamo Bowlhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/3/ucla-holds-off-kansas-state-in-alamo-bowl/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>SAN ANTONIO &mdash; Kansas State coach Bill Snyder bristled at the thought that TV broadcasters might say the same thing about his Wildcats that they did about Florida State in the Rose Bowl.</p> <p>"We had a TV announcer indicate in another ballgame that a football team had quit, and that's ...Tim PriceSat, 03 Jan 2015 00:39:43 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/3/ucla-holds-off-kansas-state-in-alamo-bowl/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS